Friday, July 10th, 2026
I want to share an experience of alignment I just had. But before I do, we have to go back a couple of years.
I was meditating when the image of a neighbor two houses down came to me. He's older (probably in his late 70s or early 80s) and fighting cancer. So I listened. I went down to his house and asked if he needed any help.
He did.
He had thistles growing in his backyard, and they were getting out of hand. So I cleared the thistles.
Aligned.
I heard the prompt. I followed through. Done.
Now fast forward to today.
I wake up, I get my feet on the ground, I stretch to the sky, I feel the sun on my face, I place my heart on the altar of the sunrise. I get to my journal, I listen to some inspiration. I get aligned. I feel the joy of the desire, and I feel the joy of the journey to the desire.
This is new, and it's worth a whole different post.
But this morning I lock into the desire for a clean house, and I begin my Friday morning cleaning with the idea that I'm going to enjoy the cleaning as I go, feeling satisfaction along the way.
This dramatically changes the experience.
I can feel the joy of the clean house, but I'm enjoying the journey there as well.
I'm riding high. I'm aligned, and a simple task like cleaning is actually enjoyable.
Finally, it's all done. The two black trash cans are filled to the brim, and the last thing to do is take them up to the road.
It's trash day.
Perfect.
I take them up and feel nothing but gratitude.
The journey was splendid, and now I was enjoying the fruit of having finished.
I'm standing in the road, straightening one of the trash cans, when I hear a voice call my name.
I look down the street, and of all things, it's the same neighbor I helped two years ago.
He's also bringing his trash can up, but both he and it have fallen over.
He obviously can't get up.
So I run over to help him. A nice neighbor lady named Stacy stops her car. The man's wife comes out, and together we get him up, get the trash situated, and help him back into the cool of his house.
And I'm filled with awe, amazement, and gratitude.
I was in alignment, and that alignment put me at the right place, at the right time, to help an old man who had fallen at the side of the road in the blistering heat.
Sometimes I think being in alignment is so I can get what I want.
But today, being in alignment meant I was there to help another in his time of need.